Example sentences of "[adv] what [pron] have be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What you 've done for six long years , and more especially what you 've been doing to me ever since we met again ? ’ |
| 2 | Okay right , so what we 've been looking at this week is trade in agricultural commodities , and er , possibly a little bit of GATT as well . |
| 3 | So what we 've been doing is we 've been taking words and we 've been changing their appearance . |
| 4 | ‘ So what I 've been doing today is working on the low B strings in conjunction with our latest invention , which is a device that uses a load cell to monitor the tension of the wrap wire as it 's going on the string . |
| 5 | Erm it is always been planned that the this er release of the flight control system will be phased through five steps and the capabilities at first flight are more or less what we had been planning er right from the outset . |
| 6 | Erm it has always been planned that the this er release of the flight control system , will be phased through five steps and the capabilities at first flight are more or less what we had been planning er right from the outset . |
| 7 | It worked on mice and if it works on humans it will be just what we 've been waiting for . |
| 8 | And for thirty years I and my fellow teachers , as we went back to our classrooms , have said to ourselves , ‘ Well , back to reality ’ ’ , and had gone on doing just what we had been doing all along , which was to try to bribe , scare or shame children into learning what someone else had decided they ought to know . |
| 9 | If only one stopped to look at the shape of the garment and the stitch used , it might well be just what we have been looking for ! |
| 10 | Planning is just what she had been doing . |
| 11 | ‘ That 's just what I 'd been thinking ! ’ answered Gabriel in surprise . |
| 12 | Demelza , five , of Oakworth , West Yorks , said : ‘ She 's just what I 've been looking for . |
| 13 | It 's just what I 've been hoping for ! |
| 14 | That was just what I had been doing for the past four months innocent of impending restrictions . |
| 15 | Eventually , I found out about the Dog Welfare and Rescue Society in Stokenchurch and spoke to the kennel manager who said just what I had been longing to hear . |
| 16 | No I bloody would n't , he said cor that 's awful ! and it it 's just what he 's been doing . |
| 17 | Well exactly what we have been doing . |
| 18 | ‘ I know exactly what they have been saying on TV . |
| 19 | His answering look told her he knew exactly what she 'd been thinking . |
| 20 | of course , that 's exactly what she had been doing . |
| 21 | ‘ We 'll mourn for it when we have time , ’ said Floy , touching her hand , and Fenella looked at him gratefully , because that was exactly what she had been feeling . |
| 22 | And I 'll let him know exactly what you 've been doing . |
| 23 | You forget we 've got spies , all the staff on this ward tell Jim exactly what you 've been doing er , that 's , that 's how he knew you got your hair done , can we have five pounds , she 's just had her hair permed , the day before he 's just coming in and , no they sent to the ward can we have five pounds please your mum 's been out for the day and she 's had her lunch out you cost him a fortune and you say you 've never been anywhere |
| 24 | ‘ That 's exactly what I 've been trying to tell you . ’ |
| 25 | There was quite a silence following this , then he said at last , ‘ Ah , that 's exactly what I 've been asking myself lately . |
| 26 | This is exactly what I have been saying for years . ’ |
| 27 | She remembered quite clearly what she had been doing scarce ten minutes ago . |
| 28 | With a small smile that proved he knew very well what she had been thinking , he went out , and she tried to relax her tense muscles . |
| 29 | Well what I 've been using is Vick and it seems to be burning . |
| 30 | I do n't know then what we have been doing for the last four weeks , when we first asked . ’ |